The Tao of Me

this morning i ran my longest run ever – 9 miles today. i had such anxiety about it, that i tossed and turned all night. i mean, could i really do this? veronica (who’s also running the big sur half) and i headed out to sawyers camp equipped with our drinks (grape-flavored propel for me) [...]

i am a total tv junkie. i admit it. so i know really good tv and “brothers and sisters” is really good tv. the family relationships portrayed on this show are so real. they bicker, they drive each other nuts, they gossip about each other but when it matters, they show up. they’re there for [...]

after 16 years, rina found me thru the magic of facebook. she happened to be vacationing in the bay area and we were able to meet for brunch – first time since 1992!

wendy and i spent 8 hours making these halloween treats. mini pumpkin spice muffins: scary round cookies: ghosts and moons: candy corn: jack-o-lanterns: and i only ate 1…of each

today is my friend janice’s birthday. she is the biggest and most devoted giants fan that i know. even more than me. i don’t even compare to her. this afternoon she told me that the best gift she could get was for the phillies to win and oust the dodgers from the playoffs. the last [...]

there’s a full moon out tonight and its stunning, shining over the lagoon out on my back patio. this photo doesn’t do it justice.

look closely. you will see my mortal enemy. see it? its a squirrel, that i’ll call rat because squirrels are essentially rats. rat lives in my area. i KNOW that rat knows who i am because for the past month we have had many encounters. the darn thing loves to scare the heck out of [...]

last year, we had the grand idea to go to a pumpkin patch in half moon day. it was the one of the most horrible experiences i ever had. the traffic, the bees, the stinky farm smell…. so yesterday morning, when shari asked me if i wanted to go to a pumpkin patch with them, [...]